Example sentences of "they [was/were] there [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those anti the protestors declined to give their names and said they were there as individuals . |
| 2 | It was not that they were there as a punishment , just that the cellar was their living room ( a common arrangement in the back-to-backs of Bradford where most Asian families live ) . |
| 3 | The Gorbachevs fell in love with the islands when they were there as guests of King Juan Carlos in September . |
| 4 | But only because they were there as part of a special home security training programme . |
| 5 | And Lucy knew they were there to be lovers , Jay knew like her heartbeat that they would make love . |
| 6 | They tended to face north and west when they should have faced south and east , because they were there to be looked at , not to be looked from , and the windows of the mansion faced in the contrary direction . |
| 7 | They were there to be beseeched and entreated for their protection and aid in adversity , but what if they failed ? |
| 8 | I did n't even know they were there to be quite honest . |
| 9 | But you had to remember the circumstances they were there under — they should never have been there at all . |
| 10 | They were there for the convenience of rail passengers . |
| 11 | They were there for seven hours protected by plain-clothes officers . |
| 12 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 13 | They were there for most of the morning . |
| 14 | A spokesman for a major insurance company commented , ‘ If they were there for only a short time , we could arrange cover , probably without charge . ’ |
| 15 | So they were there for me to see as they came in , etc . |
| 16 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
| 17 | No they were there for oh maybe eight or ten weekends , excavating . |
| 18 | They were there for five days and they were producing them . |
| 19 | They were there for a motoring festival , with more than two hundred million pounds worth of classic cars on show . |
| 20 | They were there for seven days and local people demanded new laws and tougher police action . |
| 21 | And I should , well it struck me that they were there for good and all . |
| 22 | In addition to fully appreciating the significance and context of much of the material they wanted to use , pupils also intended to create new material themselves by acting roles as if they were there at the time . |
| 23 | They were there at last , Lucy was bundled as gently as speed would allow on to a trolley and whisked off through swing doors , and Virginia stared , hollow-eyed , at Guy as they waited around silently in the reception area . |
| 24 | I mean they were there at lunchtime when I came home and there was nobody with them so I assumed they 'd knocked off for lunch . |
| 25 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 26 | They were there before the rush . |
| 27 | When two of the Society 's officials visited Orkney for consultation with the Social Work Department , the Orkney grapevine ensured that everyone in South Ronaldsay knew they were there within a very short time of their arrival . |
| 28 | Cabrera Infante , among others , repeatedly draws attention to his role as author , while the narrator of Alfredo Bryce Echenique 's A World for Julius not only maintains a running dialogue with the reader , but also involves himself with his characters , putting himself in their shoes , addressing them directly as if they were there alongside him and , like a supporter at a sporting event , siding with some against others . |
| 29 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 30 | The purist bookman wants his book complete with the half-titles , if they were there in the first place , and it is an appreciable demerit mark if the cataloguer has to confess ‘ lacking half-titles ’ or ‘ volume III without half-title ’ , even though they are present in the other two . |